Fund manager ups UK Equity stake

Monday 3 November 2003 09:26 BST

STAR fund manager Michael Barnard of Marlborough is a fan of AIM-listed retail software and bureaux de change group Universe. He raised his UK Equity Growth fund's stake by 950,000 shares to 1.25m in September and owns 284,000 via his personal pension fund. Former top fund manager Leonard Licht holds a 50,000-shares personal stake.